President Haldeman elected by a massive (and suspicious) landslide
on a tough Manifest Destiny platform, with heavy support from the
Heartlanders Association, Christian Coalition, and New Republicans.
Historical birth of Imperial America.

American troops under the new Department of Governance (tasked
with restoring governing bodies and civic systems) re-establish
order in Indonesia, the Philippines, Southern China, Australia,
and the Middle East.

US Government - now run by expansionists - begins to reassert
control over its wayward and economically devastated states.
In a bid to regain lost jurisdictions the federal government
passes the National Security Reform Act of 2024, imposing strict
regulations or many regions that had declared freehold status.
The Act also creates a new
agency: the Federal Bureau of Security is now responsible for
domestic security, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism while
the FBI is relegated to its more traditional role of criminal
investigator.

Corporations support secessionist Amerindian claims in the Western
States in a secret bid to control Rocky Mountain natural resources.
The FBS uses strong-arm tactics which backfire, resulting in heavy
casualties on both sides and the formation of an Amerindian
nihilist organization.

Eurospace begins construction of an orbital colony as a datahaven and
refuge for elite personnel.

American Aeronautics starts a small lunar colony for research
purposes; it is soon militarized.

US deploys cybernetically enhanced soldiers to the Pacific Conflict
Zone and parts of Central America.